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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11


What with train-robbers, damage suits
for personal injuries, and appraisement
of stock improved by being crossed with
an express train, Texas railways are hay
ing a hard time this year.
Those Missouri citizens nov operating
the trains in Texas are sharp. They
tried robbing the train in the daytime
and early in the evening, and got little
because ths men gave their yaIuables to
the ladies and the latter slowed it away
in secret and forbidden places not even
train robber would dare scratch around
looking for. Now, they 90 through trains
at midnight. When the ladies are divest
ed of their authority and everything else
worth speaking about except one old
fashioned, frilled and founced Mother
Hubbard. As consequence the robbers
make big hauls now.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

You still'' is indicated by slowly aud care
fully smoothing both gloves. If the fair
one desires TO know whether her affec-
ton is reciprocated, she is to put on half
of the left-hand glove, one finger at a
time. BE on your gaurd against the
governor or "mother-in law" IA the case
may be, is q message often sent and is
given by delicately twisting the glove
finger around the thumb. If the damsel
is in quarrelsome mood she simply
makes s cross with her gloves and pro
ceeds TO lay them ON her lap in this posi-
tion. These are The principal and most
simple rules
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
He Gave Himself Away.
San Frnncisco CHRONICLE

She would never have been sure if he
had not given it away himself. He had
been spending his vacation az 4 camp up
in the country She knew there had been
several camps near there, and some very
pretty girls were alleged TO have been
seen IN the neighborhoOd. She suspect
cd. Girls always suspect They always
say they never would be SO wanting in
proper pride as TO suspect, but they do
All the same. He had come back, and Of
course he west up to soc her. They sat
on the sofa. The first thing that struck
her was hat he sat closer than usual, and
when he put his arm around her 1T Tapped
clean over on the same side. She didn't
like that, but when he looked into her
eyes Ind said
aMy dearest darling, how thin you have
grown!" she rose up and left the room.
It dawned upon him as he stumbled
dgwn the front steps that the stout girl
ia the woods wasn't the same at all.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
r. pr1ts og SAN GEMIGNANo
ny LAURA F. HEsDALE


There is a gentle lesson
nc ls sacred legend told,
How IN san Gemlgnan9
I'm mere lived saint OF Oh
- fsir TO SCI, Mdtndrdt
IN -, a most baly place,
,r,1bp the old cathedral
pHrtrayed her guieless race
.,- .bose A way so tollsome
IN led from sun 10 sun,
yrronght with patient fingers
oT,til her task was done.
from the shining summit
Wbe aspiration led,
,ro~ssd among the lowly
~ watched b6slGe the dead
,.--ow and pain and weakness
Zen Tgsp through they smoie her sore,
g., oatience and in meekness
'G,Od san a Fina bore.
eojnt Gregory ID a vision,
ipiyrs,aged her soul release
,r.,h dreams Of Joys Ejysian,
She fell asleep 10 peace
,sd here, the sweet old legenu
wondrous story tells,
throughout San Gemlgnano
Rans all her hundred bells.
r.fopched by human fingers
Tine bells made solemn toll
Z, sweetest. sweetest music
For love OF her pure soul.
they told in softest measure
g5r sorrows and her fears,
md gathered up the treasure
III All her prayers AID tears,
me struggle of her VuHg heart
lbs bAnishm Mt aud pam,
In tones OF tender concord
That fell like summer rain.
The bells had kept the echo
Ofall her deeds AID ways;
They foated to the Master
A gloria OF praise
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
Size Carried the Clam ~ Stairs
Bridgeport Farmer.

The year old daughter Of Mr.. Edward,
one Of the night watchmen at thei Rosedale
wharf. went down cellar at her home in
East Bridgeport, Friday evening, and at
tempted to pick up one OF pile of round
clans lying on the bottom The clam
was large one and had It's Jaws apart at
the time and nipped he child's thumb
with such a firm grip: that she ran Up-
stairs crying from pain and with the pug.
1.acious clam still firmly attached. Her
mother released its grip but the girls
thumb still bears the marks left By heI
strange assailant
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

would do under a far less bewildering
press of forrest Dissect motivess The
simplest mind knows that it can not be
done. So-called realism is an easy refuge
for clever talent, and it is little more.
Raphael and Angelo knew that literal
transcripting was not art.
The heart of Rose Jourdon had expert
enced romance of kind not exception
al for the day and place. There always
has been romance lowering around our
great gulf coast, but romance was more
intense fifty years ago than it is nov.
even in Mobile. Men died for love in
those days, and women deemed it an
honor to love once and forever. Then,
indeed, was woman's love worth a man 5
life to gain and hold
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

For Eyes" drop one glove from the
right hand into the left hand. No y
said by rolling both gloves IN the right
hand. If sou giant to express that ron
are Indifferent TO partner, take the right
hand glove partly off. II you wish man
TO follow you into the next room, strike
your left arm with both gloves. u love
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
Fighting for Life with q Bull.

bangor NOulultTG 81
One day last week a man by the name
of Carson, who lives somewhere in the
vicinity of Hancock was driving along
the road in Holden coming to this city,
when a large bull that had been grazing
in pasture near by seeing the team clear
ed the fence and went at the horse, goring
him badly in the side, and at the same
time knocking him down. The man was
obliged to jump from his Garage and run
for his life as the bull made several at
tempts to grind him up. But to save the
life of his horse, he pulled up fence
stake, and managing to get around the
team without the animal seeing him, he
struck him terrible blow across the nose
which brought him TO the ground. He
then struck him several times again, and
the animal arose and staggered away. Mr.
Carson feels badly about his horse, as it
is feared that he will have to be killed,
he was valued highly, anG it will be big
loss TO poor man like himself.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

Capt John Walsh, of the brig Clarabel
was sentenced at Charlottetown, Prince
Edward island, July 16, to four years in
the penitentisry for shooting sailor.
Before receiving sentence he made the
following declaration: ~ never intended
to take the mans life, or even hurt him.
/ do not think there is a man that knows
me thinks that ever intended harm to
the man. have never taken human life
even in self defense. | have risked my
life to save others. On one occasion |
saved ten men from perishing on the
Atlantic, and was sent medal by Hon. Mr..
Pope. have wife and FIVE children in
England, who look to me, their sole sup
port They have nothing except what !
can earn for them, and Furnishing me
the punishment falls more on them. If
the solemn oath OLA convicted man,
though an innocent man, may move your
lordship to mercy, then do | call on God,
who sees and hears me now, that / never
intended harm or hurt to the man now
dead, but in fear of my life | fired where
| thought he was, not in order to kill but
to frighten him. Up till to day there
has not been an officers hand on me- /
brought myself to Justice"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
A Girl Who is Bound to be "a Lawyer
Sprlns firld RapnblicAn.

A lawyer who has been addressed by q
strong minded girl in an uptown business
Office asking him to give her instructions
in law evenings, replied that his time
would not permit him to undertake this
delectable past me, and added that other
professions were more suitable for WON
en-. He was dumbfounded to receive this
letter in Typewriter copy from the girl;
DEAR SIR: Your answer to my letter re-
ceived | wish to thank you for your
prompt reply, which requested, but not
for the advice, which | did not request.
| wrote you bueiness letter, such as |
thought one business man might write to
another. not to ask favor of you, but to
offer fair pay for your services as law
yer. You have refused to accept me as
your client according to my standpoint
client is the right word to use in in this
discriminating that you had too many
other duties. This was of course, per
fectly fair and husiness-like, and at that
point your letter should have ended. The
narrow opinion you expressed at the close,
that other pursuits could be found better
adapted than law to a woman, was uB p
worthy the consideration of any lawyer
who realizes the dignity and breadth Of
his calling"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

Most persons imagined that with the
death Of Capt Eads bis proposed ship
railway across the Isthmus of Tehuan
tepec would be abandoned. Such, how
ever, is net the case. His associates in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
NEARLY RED nor.

Whlch poareu over the spot and covered
1t as the waters close when q vessel foun-
ders. With cry of horror the remain.
ing workmep fled from the spot until az.
sured 'he danger was over, when rapid
work for the recovery of the bodies was
begun. Andrew Hendricks was at work
partially up the bank, and was taken out
bruised and bleeding, but will re-
cover. 1t was evident from tho first
that nothing but dead bodies would be
rescued from the smoking mass of debris,
but the men worked with a will cooling
with copious floods of water the hot
stones and sinking wheat. In two hours
six bodies had been exhumed and the
bottom OF the trench had not been
reached. The corpses were terribly
mutilated and it was evident death had
been instantaneous. From the system
of time-kceping il was impossible TO tel
how many men had been at work, rs wei
as who they were, SO while the task oil
removing the wheat went on, the spot
was surrounded by an anxious crowd, in
Guiding many from the city, where word
had at once been sent. The patrol wagon
arrived and removed the bodies TO the
city, while the search went on. r. IL
Trett, brakeman, who Gaw the wall fall,
was positive nine men had been over
whelmed and the search was kept up all
day, without success. The time book
showed the names of John Gunderson and
Ole Swat, but it was impossible TO tell
whether they had come to work yesterday
morning, as the accident happened be.
fore the time keeper made his rounds.
At 6 o'clock no more bodies had deem dis
covered, but crew of men had been at
work all night, without having had, up to
this time made any fresh discoveries.
The spot was visited by thousands of
people during the day and the terrible nc
cident created profound impression.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11
six Men Crushed To Death at the st.
Anthony Elevator Ruins in
Minneapolis.
An Avalanche OF Steaming Wheat and
Hot Stone Poured Upon a Gang
Of Sh0yelerS.
How the Calamity Occurred Affecting
Scenes at the Identification of
the Remains.

a terrible fatality occurred early Thurs
day morning at the runs of the st. An.
thony elevator, in southeast Minneapo-
lis, resulting in very heavy loss of life.
Through the unforeseen crashing % a wall
at least seven men were entombed and
only one rescued alive, Six corpses were
taken from the trench, and ii is doubtful,
even yet, If the full extent of the calam.
lty Is known. The scene of the disaster
was the ruin of large annex of the St.
Anthony elevator, which burned two
weeks ago. The 100000 or 100000 bush
els of wheat IL contained we're sold 20 a
syndicate headed by Pratt, Potter d Co,
and the purchasers had over 100 men on.
gagged in removing the wheat 10 cars.
About thirty We're at work on the south
side of the building and near its center,
where the accident occurred. A train of
cars stood on the Northern Pacific track
TO receive the wheat which the men, divi-
ded into three gangs, loaded into it, Ten
men shoyeled the grain into baskets,
which ten more carried to the oars, the
remainder empting and returning them.
The wheat had 0yerflowe a stone wall,
which was emi-foundation of the ele.
vator, and this wheat partially cooled,
was being first removed. Nine men we're
at work under the walls. and John Grimb.
ley, the tlmekeeper, had just taken the
names, when cry of warning came from
the train above. The wall was seen TO
totter, and in an instant section of near
ly sixty feet in length had fallen over,
burying the men beneath its ruins. II
was followed 10y deluge of wheat some
of il
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-08-11

Mobile, where summer fingers on till
spring, was a scene of almost tropical
loneliness on that morning when, as the
broad flush of dawn crept across the east,
two closed carriages drove rapidly ont of
the city in the direction OF well-known
spot three miles below, on a slight beach
bluff, where grew and where still grows a
bright tuft Of oaks and mongOlias. There
was a breeze from the southeast, salt and
CHEEKY, with hint 0. buccaneer freedom
in it, as if it brought from It's Caribbean
haunts an airy sketch of the old rollick-
ing romance of freebooting days. The
bay was broken into mass Of whitecap pc.
AMI the surf rolled high on tie snowy
beack-sand.
The preliminaries to the duel we're lev
and short. The principal and seconds
took their places tseir surgeons stood
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17
PENIS GROVE, j.. SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER II. 1887

know what he wants. ! shall wire ac-
ceptance at once, and we'll burn the
bill of sale tomorrow morning"
BY the next morning post came the
bill of sale and Mr.. Zerubbable's check
for ESQ. Mrs. Meyilp consigned the
former in solemn silence to the flames,
and her husband put the latter into his
pocket. AS he did so he pulled out
the letter Mary Anne had given him
the evening before, and which in the
excitement of the moment he had COM
pletely forgotten.
1t was from Mr.. ADRIAN Levi, offer
ing him e400 for "Chloe Counting Her
Chickens"
sit never rains but 1t pours," cried
the delighted artist, tossing the pict-
ure dealers note across to his wife.
The next merry meeting, after the
opening of the academy, between
Zerubbabel and Levi, was ~enlivened by
angry reeriminations. Mr.. Zerubbabel
accused Mr.. Levi of willfully mislead.
ing him, and the latter replied, chuck
ling; $50 / was right, was ~ 1t
was you who tried, and. in fact, par
TALLY succeeded in spelling my market
with Megilp. | would advise you, the
next time you make use of a friends
brains to be sure that you know what
you're about"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

The Mexican Is patient, he scans the
lottery sheets announcing the drawings,
and, if his ticket has drawn nothing,
he lights a fresh cigarette and buys a
fresh ticket. This morning my oppo-
site neighbor in the horse a was a
tired looking old woman who had evil
IDENTIFY seen better days. She smiled
thoughtfully TO herself, and, after hd-
getting about for a few minutes, fur
lively drew from her pocket a lottery
ticket which evidently haddrawn some-
thing, for she rode on as near as she
could go to the Office where the money
is paid over to the winners.
Everybody buys these tempting little
6imsy tickets, printed Oh paper so thin
that a summer zephyr would easily
blow them a mile. The stout priest in
the corner OF the street car takes out a
ticket that he has Just bought. and,
looking at 1t scrutinizlngly, puts it aside
in a long pocketbook, as If 1t were a
share In some promising venture. Your
servants buy ii kets, and the beggar
who EFFORTS a real from you will hurry
around the corner. not to buy a drink,
but, rather, q ticket in the great daily
wheel turning show, the n business
that never stops, is always 1lourishing
and which pays salaries year In and
year out to its employees.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17
1t Smelt Like the Old Man.

a friend of mine has just come back
from taking a look at the Hawaiian re.
volution. He says he heard a small
Hawaiian kid get off something that
was a whole moral lesson all in itself.
The child had found an old gin bottle
and he was smelling it and evidently
enjoying the odor intensely. His mother
called to him:
"Wbat are you doing with that?"
"It's a bottle"
"What are you rubbing 1t against
your nose forP"
ut smells just like pa"
Somebody had better get mp "a treaty
and control the importation of cloves
in his country.
1t is said that the rate of the filtration
of the water supplied by the various
water companies to London does not in
any case exceed $40 gallons per square
yard of filter bed in twenty-four hours.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17
A Fragment.

Through woodlands where the ghost OF
long. departed days
Still haunts the strange, deep ntuu d
vague, enthralling spell
Drew my unwilling feet alongNlhe ione-
some ways,
Till presently a sound-(ah, mel 1 scarce
can tell
What dreamy melody so thrilled Az
touched my heart, !
AS far from restless multitudes / walked
apart,
With its sweet MYSTERY.
A breath borne on the wind from shadowy,
wayside hooks
Shook the brown leaves and swayed the
blossoms pale.
Was 1t the echo dim of hidden mountain
brooks,
Pouring their frosty streams along the
misty vale,
Or but a withered weed that rustled meath
my feet?
1 only know a sound, sad as the beat of
rain
On lo~ng-forgotten graves, moved my hearts
depths with sweet
Ard mournful longings, deeper far than
pain;
And Ger the wasted y~ears-swift as the
swallows flight,
Ny thoughts sped back across the bleak,
drear night,
o love. to home, and theel
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

wife, with whom he lad not been liy-
ing with for some time. Joseph Nc.
Bride, a farmer, returned bone from
a fair at Eaton. Ohio, early on the
morning Of the 18th. aud found Will
liam Babbitt, the hired man, IN his
wife's apartment. He fred twice at
Babbitt, and killed him instantly.
The vein of rock salt discovered at
Ellsworth, Kansas, is reported to be
l65 feet thick and SO per cent. pure,
the other 4 per cent. being lime and
~magnesia, but no potash. The salt is
pure white and ut for table use on
grinding only, The vein is 705 feet
below the surface.
"A freight and accommodation train
on the Port Royal and Western North
Carolina Railroad fell into a canal
through a bridge, neal Augusta, Geor-
gia, on the morning of the 18th. Nine
freight cars were demolished and their
contents dumped INTO the water. The
occupants of the passenger cars escaped
with Slight injuries.
Rudolph Hllebrand, ex. Senator
from Lagrange, Texas, nearly 80 years
Of age, was thrown from his carriage
on the evening of the 18th, and in
stantly killed.
The body Of Hugo Won Heuer,
aged about 40 years, was found floating
in the canal near Washington, on the
morning of the 18th. He left his
boarding house on the 9Th inst. leay-
ing a note in his room saying that he
contemplated suicide. He belonged to
a good family in Germany, but emit
grated from that country some time
ago in consequence OF trouble with his
wife.
William W. Reed u Bros, mer
chants and coal operators at Dudley,
Penna., made an assignment on the
18th. The liabilities are placed at S75,-
900. They became involved through
the failure OF Robert Hare Powell
Sons 81 Co.
-McCabe, the Wayne county muir.
derer, who escaped from the Jail at
Honesdale, Penna., last June, was cap.
tured on the morning Of the 18th, by d
Sherlh's posse IN a Darn near his old
home. He was armed with two re-
yolvers, but did not show fight.
The total value of our exports of
oreadstuffs during the eight months
which ended on the 3Ist uIt., was Sll8,-
800, 492, against S96, SAT, OIL for the cor
responding period of 1886.
Later reports from Tucson, Arr
iona, say the damage to the railroads
by the recent floods is much a
than at first supposed. The washouts
at intervals from the Colorado
river to the Dragon Mountains, east
of Benson. No trains have arrived at
Tucson since the evening OF the Stl,
and it is said that three weeks will he
required to repair the road for travel.
Eastern passengers detained at Tucson
will be transferred by overland coacnes
The heavy rains have extended to So
nora and washed out five miles of track
and three bridges on the Sonora road.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

he Was uSh6Ibu IDtD -.
where the lady short
"You have called ook pre-
about the--the bill
woman began in a friA,day
well. yes, ma'am, am.
but l should,like to
offered me this morrCo.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

Illinois Centralol RAILROAD, which
granted permissi e. : - the peope OF the
neighborhood tebyfefy OF the Old lum-
Der. A largssfNl HI was 30 engaged
when the sh6hh ssasSlly
in Ills COL
AT Leayesiass . D, Kansas. o. the
evening of yoa o u, James 6aines,
colored, She ~ 1led Thomas Cary,
also colored a. ne latter was walk
Ing home orch with Gaines
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

cloths-5IR: l have seen your picture.
What wit Mendlng Her Stockings, "
IN rho 6n;sqy fancy. Ill buy it of you
:" ~ i""ytng terms: Ihl remit the
gan before that.'va you ESQ. If you
finest; carding and spTte ra. by return
the carefulest. EverpHBAREL.
must be looked to to br the little
the perfect. uniform N. z.
Any let up would de a mistake.
There is no let up. a Mrs
scrimp anywhere. N~retorted her
but how coed me an offer
try. And such dyeiEHe ought to
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17
The Sober but Merry Old Gentleman.

lnG EOUCE 1uS HAElAg ~ oSAASACdN@hs
One evening not long ago there was
arrested in Boston an old gentleman
of position and of cherry habits. The
policeman said he had found the old
gentleman on the street very drunk.
The complaint was entered against
him, but as he seemed to be able to
get about he was released on his recog-
nization and sent home in a hack,
which he paid for with great alacrity.
When the case came up in court the
only witnesses summoned to prove his
condition were the policeman and the
old family servant of the accused, a
faithful and devoted retainer.
The policeman had given his testi-
mony, which was unqualiiedly to the
TACT of the old gentleman's intoxica-
ton, Then the old servant was called
to the stand. There was a mingled ex-
preston of Indignation aud determina-
ton on his countenance. He testified
fatty, to the surprise of the court
room, that the old man was sober
when be came home. The prosecuting
attorney proceeded to question him.
tYou say that Mr.. - was sober
when he came homet"
"Yes, SIR"
"Did he go to bed ~alone?"
mo, sir"
ibid you put him to bed?"
"Yes. sir.n
"And he was perfectly sober?"
Eyes, SIR"
"What did he say when you put him
to bedp"
"He said goodnight"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-17

The first English almanac was
brought out at Trinity college, Cam
bridge, In 1347, and the first printed
almanac appeared II London about a
hundred years later.